ERIC Number: ED201186
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Publication Date: 1980
Pages: 152
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Study Modes and Academic Development of Overseas Students. ELT Documents, 109.
British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre.
The following articles on the performance of foreign students in English universities are included: (1) "Team Teaching and the Role of the ESP Teacher" by P. Skehan; (2) "Performance of Overseas Postgraduate Students: A Management Teacher's View" by J. C. Watt; (3) "Experiences of a Postgraduate Physics Course Tutor with Overseas Students" by R. K. Fitch; (4) "The Structure of Postgraduate Taught Courses in Engineering: Some Implications for Language Course Design" by J. E. Price; (5) "Thai Students Studying" by R. Hawkey; (6) "Writing Problems of Iranian Students" by D. Houghton; (7) "Study Modes and Students from the Middle East" by A. Dudley-Evans; (8) "The Background of Students from the Indian Sub-Continent" by R. Bowers; (9) "Responses of Overseas Students to Differing Teaching Styles" by A. Brew; (10) "Survey of University of Manchester Overseas Post-Graduate Students' Initial Level of Competence in English and their Subsequent Academic Performance: Calendar Year 1977" by K. James; and (11) "Some Code Features of Examination Scripts: A Comparison between Native Speaker and Non-Native Speaker Answers" by G. M. Greenall. (JB)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Arabs, Engineering Education, English for Special Purposes, Foreign Students, Higher Education, Indians, Science Education, Study Habits, Team Teaching
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: British Council, London (England). English-Teaching Information Centre.
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